SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS
No. CR-14-59
BRYANT E. TURNER Opinion Delivered February 20, 2014
APPELLANT
MOTION TO BE RELIEVED AS
V. ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT
STATE OF ARKANSAS
APPELLEE
MOTION GRANTED.
PER CURIAM
Appellant, Bryant E. Turner, was convicted by a Faulkner County Circuit Court jury
of aggravated robbery and theft of property with a firearm enhancement and was sentenced
to life imprisonment. An appeal from the judgment has been lodged in this court. Turner
is represented on appeal by Karen Walker, a full-time public defender. Ms. Walker now asks
that she be relieved as counsel on the ground that she is ineligible for compensation for
services as appellate counsel.
Arkansas Code Annotated section 19-4-1604(b)(2)(B) (Repl. 2007) provides that
persons employed as full-time public defenders who are not provided a state-funded secretary
are eligible to seek compensation for appellate work. Counsel here affirms that she is a full-
time public defender with a full-time, state-funded secretary. Under these circumstances, she
is not entitled to be paid for services in this appeal, and her request to be relieved is well
founded. See Rhodes v. State,
Therefore, we grant Ms. Walker’s motion to be relieved, and we appoint attorney
Brianne Franks to represent the appellant. Our clerk is directed to set a new briefing schedule
for the appeal.
Motion granted.
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